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Asaro v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2020
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-107 2nd Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant’s sentence on conduct underlying a charge of which the defendant was acquitted by a jury.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 22 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2019)
Aug 07 2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Vincent Asaro.
Aug 08 2019Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Aug 12 2019Supplemental brief of petitioner Vincent Asaro filed.
Aug 13 2019Brief amicus curiae of Due Process Institute filed. (Distributed)
Aug 14 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Aug 19 2019Response Requested. (Due September 18, 2019)
Sep 10 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 11 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2019.
Sep 18 2019Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Sep 18 2019Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Federal Defenders and FAMM filed.
Oct 04 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2019 to November 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 07 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 12, 2019.
Nov 12 2019Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Nov 18 2019Reply of petitioner Vincent Asaro filed.
Nov 18 2019Waiver of 14-day waiting period for distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed.
Nov 26 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
Dec 03 2019Rescheduled.
Jan 15 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
Feb 24 2020Petition DENIED.